International Trade committee  Mr. Chairman, I'll just give a preliminary answer to that, and then again I will refer to Mr. Bouchard. The agreement was signed at the end of June 2009, as you alluded to. The agreement is not yet in force. We anticipate that it may come into force fairly soon, as I mentioned i

International Trade committee  Mr. Chairman, I'll defer to my colleague, Mr. Bouchard, from the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development, if I may.

International Trade committee  If I may, Mr. Chairman, I'll defer to my colleague from the department, Barbara Martin, to address that question.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak to the committee about the Canada–Jordan Economic Growth and Prosperity Act, which implements the Canada-Jordan free trade agreement and the related agreements on the environment and labour cooperation.